Steven Spielberg Quotes
My early exposure to all the leviathans of the Saturday matinee creature features inspired me, when I grew up, to make 'Jurassic Park.'
Quotes to Explore
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If I can make a dollar, I certainly am not stupid.
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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
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The arc of the American story is long, it is bumpy and uncertain, but it always bends toward a more perfect union.
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You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.
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I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.
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We're not like Alice In Chains where somebody dies and the band breaks up.
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I was 18 years old, and it was a dream come true for me to work out and eat great food for free. What else do you want in life? People think that is what it is like to be in a SEAL team, but it is less than a fraction of your career as a real SEAL.
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Politics for me started in violence.
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I'm open to whatever is meant to be, it will be.
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One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
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Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.
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Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I'm not going to do that. That takes away my power. I'm not going to compromise who I am.
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Anxiety is a kind of fuel that activates the fight-or-flight part of the brain in me. It makes sure that a velociraptor isn't around the corner and that you do as much as you possibly can to survive. Because Hollywood has a lot in common with 'Jurassic Park' and its primeval-dinosaur universe.
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To become the founder of a new religion one must be psychologically infallible in one's knowledge of a certain average type of souls who have not yet recognized that they belong together.
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A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
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I've always been about wanting people to spread my music and share it. This way, it allowed me to adapt in real time.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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In the formation of our constitution the wisdom of all ages is collected-the legislators of antiquity are consulted, as well as the opinions and interests of the millions who are concerned. It short, it is an empire of reason.
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But a haiku by Buson came into his mind: 'I try to forget this senile love; a chilly autumn shower.' The gloom only grew denser.
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In Hollywood today, it's cool for guys to wear nail polish and earrings in their lips and tongues. I don't get it.
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I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.
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My early exposure to all the leviathans of the Saturday matinee creature features inspired me, when I grew up, to make 'Jurassic Park.'
